I think it's unconscionable for a Senator from Massachusettsto come down here and tell the people of Florida what's right for them.It's arrogant and irresponsible.- Jeff Miller

The history of Hillary Clinton as a five-year senatoris to promote Hillary Clinton and not the needs of New Yorkers.- John Spencer

I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary.Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.- Mitt Romney

I believe that any candidate who supports the war should not receive our support.It doesn't matter if they're Senator Clinton or whoever.- Cindy Sheehan

Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and nowsupports the ban on gay marriages.I'm telling you this guy has more positions than Paris Hilton.- David Letterman

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster,priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.- Henry B. Adams

If Senator Kerry decides to join us for an hour,then we may only use one or two brief clips.And use the bulk of what he has to tell us as part of that program.- Mark E. Hyman

I think he intends to run for president...I think Senator McCain cares about the opinions of New Hampshire voters.- Pat Toomey

We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president,so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?- Tom Ford

As a Senator I am opposed to duelling.As Ben.Wade, I recognize the code.- Benjamin F. Wade

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would saythat a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.- George W. Bush

As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standardfor honesty and decency that the rest of us on ourbest days could only dream to emulate.- John McCain

In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has beenone vote of a hundred in the United States Senate -and fortunately on matters of national security hewas very often in the minority.- Dick Cheney

I'm running for senator because it's time for a change.- John Sununu

It's tempting, because as one senator said to me,'We know if we invite baseball down,we'll draw a crowd'.- Fay Vincent

Senator Kerry voted to undermine the troops in the field,and that is not only inexcusable, it is reprehensible.- John Ensign

Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.- Peter Jennings

McCarthy emerged in the person of Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.- Pat Buchanan

Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing.I worked so hard to get that title.I'd appreciate it.- Barbara Boxer

John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and dida great job with the United Nations.I think he's a good man.I would respectfully disagree with that.- Ken Mehlman

Senator, we just don't use that kind of language on the floor of the Senate.- Mike Mansfield

Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry,Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq.In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.- Dick Cheney

If I desired to kill the senator why did I not do it?You all admit that I had him in my power.- Preston Brooks

My motivation for running for Senate was not for thestature of being a senator,but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.- Herman Cain

The fact that a Republican is in the late Senator Kennedy'sold seat probably must have him rolling in his grave,probably spilling his drink.- Ann Coulter

He was my favorite senator...I love him.He made the liberals squeal.- Robert Novak

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech,whether in a senator or an orator.- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Senator Martinez is not driven by polls;he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida andits 17 million constituents.- Mel Martinez

Donna Mills came on the show as a female antagonist,about a year before, so now they wanted to have a male antagonist.I was cast as a Senator to shake things up.- William Devane

Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy,I knew Jack Kennedy.Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine.Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.- Lloyd Bentsen

I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq;"consistent" is not one of them.- Dick Cheney

If Senator Kerry understands the nature of this threatand the need to take on terror,then he should immediately repudiate these troubling comments,and stop all efforts on behalf of his surrogates toblame America for these attacks.- Marc Racicot

Sen.Edward Kennedy knows very directly.Senator Kennedy and I talked on several occasions priorto the war that my view was that the best evidencethat I had seen was that Iraq indeed had weapons of mass destruction.- David Kay

I'm disappointed that Senator DeWine once again choseto go along with his party leaders and their big corporate lobbyist supporters.Ohio deserves a Senator who will be more than a rubber stamp.- Sherrod Brown

Can you, in a million years, imagine another female senator -Kay Bailey Hutchinson,Claire McCaskill - reacting to being called 'ma'am'like Barbara Boxer did? This is the kind of sanctimoniousself-absorption on the modern left that makes my teeth itch.- Mark Davis

At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committeeof Atomic Energy said rather quietly,'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.'I didn't know what he meant then,but I know now.- David R. Brower

Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height,and there was a noticeable disproportion between thelong trunk of his body and his short legs.His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs.- Henry Villard

I remember traveling around in Arkansas with Senator Robinson,and I told him what this little trick was.He felt very much part of it and had me take picturesof people unbeknownst to them.- Ben Shahn

Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving moneyfor the state? It's simply another example of Republicansfighting the governor tooth and nail against any measurewhere she might be able to turn the state's budget around.- Bart Stupak

I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry.I think in Florida at least, it's going to help PresidentBush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats,and our base is just fired up - thanks to your help and a lot of others.- Jeb Bush

This is a race in a heavily Democratic state that,for a Republican candidate, will require full-timedevotion in order to win...I could not be a senator and a father during this campaign.I could only be a candidate.- Peter G. Fitzgerald

I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a coupleof years with Senator Muskie.But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked,through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did.- George J. Mitchell

At the unveiling at the White House of the presidential portrait,President Bush pointed out that Hillary Clinton wasthe first sitting Senator in history to have her portraithanging in the White House.- Eleanor Clift

As a Michigan senator, I feel a special responsibilityto protect the Great Lakes.They are not only a source of clean drinking waterfor more than 30 million people but are also an integralpart of Michigan's heritage and its economy.- Debbie Stabenow

I want to say with the utmost of sincerity,not as a Republican, but as an American,that I have great respect for Senator Obama's historicachievement to become his party's nominee,not because of his color, but with indifference to it.- Mike Huckabee

Has there ever been a more revealing moment this year?Let me just put this in fairly simple terms:Al Jazeera now broadcasts the words of Senator Durbin to the Mideast,certainly putting our troops in greater danger.No more needs to be said about the motives of liberals.- Karl Rove

The intelligence investigation under the leadership of Senator Church,which I know has helped cause this investigation by you,points out that the agencies did not disclose certainfacts to us and that certain plots were going on.- John Sherman Cooper

Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan,most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today.I know that because I've had the unpleasant experienceof having to serve with her.- John McCain

Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone andSenator Wirth was in line with me.The next day the New York Times reported that we'dboth purchased telephones and what price we'd paid!- Harold H. Greene

The 21st Amendment gives the states the right to decidewhat the drinking ages should be and other aspectsrelative to alcoholic beverages,and I support that.As a United States senator, I want to weigh in -this is not my agenda.- Pete Coors

When we compile a petition, we often have members goto their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person.This way they can experience a real connection with the staff.- Joan Blades

George Bush, Dick Cheney, every one of the speakerspraised John Kerry's war record.No one said he was unfit.They said he has terrible judgment, and that's his record as a senator.Nobody questioned his military record.- Peter King

The junior senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges,has so preyed upon the fears and hatreds and prejudicesof the American people that he has started a prairiefire which neither he nor anyone else may be able to control.- J. William Fulbright

I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor,he's a distinguished senator and head of the SenatorialCampaign Committee and won some significant victories.He is a very attractive guy and would make a tremendous president.- Pat Robertson